Michael E. DeBakey: Pioneering Surgeon, Educator & Inventor

Perhaps no doctor is more linked to the rise of modern medicine –- and certainly to the rise of modern heart surgery–- than Michael E. DeBakey, the trailblazing Baylor cardiovascular surgeon who died late Friday at age 99. Heart surgery pioneer Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) In a career spanning more than 70 [...]